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Overview A Twitch streamer and creator demonstrated a potentially dangerous balance “hack” by attaching electrodes behind her ears to pass a current through he...

!OpenAI-Cerealis herohttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3RxgZNHyDXJGF2AYGg6sBo.png Image credit: OpenAI Release Overview OpenAI on Thursday released GPT‑5.3‑Code...

!Tachyumhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UEJthTbqFTfLBjfMo8CRwb.jpg Image credit: Tachyum Tachyum has been in the news repeatedly, making bold promises that it...

Background The U.S. Department of Commerce has ordered Applied Materials to pay a $252 million civil penaltyhttps://www.bis.gov/media/documents/2026.02.11-amat...

Overview Nvidia's DGX Spark has proven itself as a compact, versatile local AI engine thanks to its 128 GB of RAM, fast 20‑core Arm CPU, and capable Blackwell...

!Corsair Vengeance packing comparisonhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kb7m8r7tNXsvQatjtYDfN8.jpg Image credit: Corsair If you’ve purchased one of the best RAMh...

!Samsung Display's new 'Penta Tandem' techhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Q2TmyYuwZiDATvo2jZbFD.jpg Image credit: Samsung Display Introduction Samsung's QD‑O...

Acquisition Overview MyMiniFactoryhttps://www.myminifactory.com/ has announced the surprise acquisition of the world’s oldest and largest 3D‑printing file‑shar...

markdown !TSMC waferhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uoySxtkp73yxewfA7G26nQ.jpg Image credit: TSMC “A trillion transistors” sounds like hyperbole—until it isn’...

!An image of five Fortnite characters standing abreast, facing the viewerhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WnGMmZxhg82MAv8XvSeaod.jpg Image credit: Epic Games E...

Background Anthropic is following in the footsteps of Microsofthttps://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-to-overhaul-ai-data...

!Linux Minthttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7B7LZeDWDLHr9zQMQBHu7C.jpg Image credit: Linux Mint In its latest monthly update, the Linux Mint bloghttps://blog.l...

!A selection of USB cables on a wooden tablehttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/o9Ruy8MPbMCHe5ZHmy7oLY.jpg Image credit: Getty Images I’ve bought many, many USB c...

!Gigabyte Aorus Prime 5https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m3PJYiMjUHmzKpCMoZZQHh.jpg Image credit: Gigabyte Deal Overview Buying a pre‑built PC is one of the bes...

!Tech Dealshttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Tx56PWT56fDetb6soSMLD7.jpg Image credit: Future Deal Overview Newegg is offering a combo that pairs the AMD Ryzen 7...

The high price of commodity memory — as detailed in the Tom's Hardware RAM price indexhttps://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/ram-price-index-2026-lowest...

!Trojan horsehttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MgvjDybqUb2CUUwwo9R23K.jpg Image credit: Getty Images When setting up a new PC, installing a utility like 7‑zip,...

!Seagate Exos X16https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6Fe2a84W29dLCjvrRRpb8Y.jpg Image credit: Seagate Losing all the data stored on a 14 TB HDD in an instant—espe...

!TSMC fabhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/yQaGAkqxhQh83Cd9CuzDWg.jpg Image credit: TSMC Background A group of U.S. lawmakers this week sent a letterhttps://chi...

!Steam Deck OLEDhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hLzA8Ry66jPwkK3HXQ4iD5.jpg Image credit: Tom's Hardware Valve's Steam Deck OLEDhttps://www.tomshardware.com/vi...

Update Details Microsofthttps://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft is switching gears with its update model for 2026 and is offering a first‑half‑of‑the‑year u...

!Core Ultra 200Shttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rUzVDpwrJBke8kCerp8yzL.jpg Image credit: Intel Nova Lake Die Size Leak Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 4 series, c...

!MSI Afterburnerhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F8PYKagLkSQQQuR5sAddjf.jpg Image credit: MSI Last month, MSI unveiled its new power supplies at CES 2026https:...

!Tru‑Dihttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/haUoyhgBNchpyoH5TLaPXa.jpg Image credit: Acclarent The introduction of AI to the operating theater doesn’t always work...

Zhao Haijun, co‑chief executive of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. SMIC, warned that the rapid construction of AI data centers worldwide could lea...

!A Sony Blu-ray playerhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9VkKYZskfRTjgucXGcgVqa.jpg Image credit: Sony Sony ends Blu‑ray recorder shipments Kyodo News reports th...

!GeForce RTX 5090 burning uphttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XsaPipY5KnZJ9mLxKuLGLX.jpg Image credit: Bilibili/晚睡等于早死 Incident Overview A Bilibili user shared...

Microsoft exploring high‑temperature superconductors for data‑center power Microsoft is investigating high‑temperature superconductors HTS to transmit the mass...

!Bitcoin goldhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d9PwckFRG9WtiQJTXndEQR.jpg Image credit: Getty Images What happened A few days ago, South Korean crypto exchange...

!AMD Strix Halo Ryzen AI Maxhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Kb7ipLjAkMtvShGfbBHACf.jpg Image credit: AMD Overview Following its well‑received family of Strix...

!Samsunghttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pU95E8pwfvrx8dWfwg7X8M.jpg Image credit: Samsung The artificial intelligence supercycle is reshaping the semiconductor...

!The Ayaneo Next 2 handheld gaming console in Polar black colorhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VArqC9xLcH4XRo3FsG4NMM.jpg Image credit: Ayaneo Overview Chines...

!The White Househttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UygtZowxYgbcyDJtKt6u2Z.jpg Image credit: The White House Tariff carve‑outs for AI hyperscalers The U.S. Depart...

!Alder Lakehttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UCi5VauRSMvqwDqHJG7uqL.jpg Image credit: Intel Overview Intel’s upcoming desktop family, Nova Lake, is slated to de...

!Windows 11https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A3bqjPsbEd6W9WtTAebSpJ.jpg Image credit: Microsoft Secure Boot Certificate Refresh Microsoft is issuing new Secure...

markdown !Sundar Pichaihttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jatk3Mm99NGAqFRBcUEfzV.jpg Image credit: Getty / Kevin Dietsch During Googlehttps://www.tomshardware.co...

!Metahttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/het6CzAQvvXsvexAKJvvcE.jpg Image credit: Meta Overview The Oakley Meta HSTN glasses combine AI-powered features for athle...

!3D Printing nozzle up close during printhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZiLPdL3uLtUwWzEjcCNVWj.jpg Image credit: Getty Images New Rotational Multi‑Material 3...

!tsmchttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p2QqhVFP7dTRWfeVBCYBYV.jpg Image credit: TSMC TSMC’s board approved plans to spend $44.962 billion on building new fabs a...

!G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 C34https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WRE5pogm8a7mNYerMa9vE5.jpg Image credit: Tom's Hardware Settlement Overview A class‑a...

AMD is preparing to replace its AGESA microcode with an open‑source successor called openSIL, starting with Zen 6. In the meantime, the Polish open‑source consu...

!Acer Nitro V16 gaming laptop dealhttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7Ai9TYQHrCihK6Vna24dda.jpg Image credit: Future / Acer Deal Overview The Acer Nitro V16 gami...

!Lasershttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xrY5HWajyLMTv7FBfPn7SR.jpg Image credit: Getty Images John Carmick’s Fiber‑Line L2 Cache Idea John Carmack recently twe...

Release and Availability German PC water‑cooling components manufacturer Aqua Computer announced the Ampinel in October last year — a 12 V‑2×6 adapter designed...

!Core Ultra 200Shttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rUzVDpwrJBke8kCerp8yzL.jpg Image credit: Intel Intel pins a lot of hopes on its Nova Lakehttps://www.tomshardw...

Linux kernel releases have historically only been of interest for those daily‑driving with Linux. With the popularity of the Steam Deck and SteamOS‑based PCs, k...

!AI.com landing pagehttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DweLmcVMXn93wKuhnkZqrU.png Image credit: Future Super Bowl Ad and Site Crash AI.com bought its way onto th...

!Ray-Ban Meta Glasseshttps://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z2yfqRmBY4iHzYAZ9oU35g.jpg Image credit: Tom's Hardware Air Force Policy Update The U.S. Air Force has ba...